HITCH CAR RENTALS CAR RENTAL REVIEWS

Amy who picked me up is an asset to your company.

The car we had hired was damaged but HITCH was able to substitute it with a reasonable alternative

I wish there was an up-sell of insurance - not that I needed to claim anything but I would have gone for it.

Summary first: The service capability and attitude of Hitch Rental are quite poor. I strongly advise everyone not to risk your trip by choosing them just to save a little money. In mid-November 2018, I went on a self-driving tour in New Zealand and booked a Nissan X-Trail from Hitch via the Zuzuche website, where it showed a specified model. However, when I arrived, they claimed there’s no such thing as a specified model in their system. Instead, they follow car groups and gave me a Mahindra diesel SUV from an Indian brand. The interior of the car was extremely rough, just slightly better than a domestic cargo van with no class or comfort. I looked around and didn't see any other X-Trails. I asked the receptionist if any X-Trails would be returned later today, and she said no. I went back to the car to communicate with Zuzuche. After a while, the rental manager returned with an X-Trail and parked it nearby. I asked the receptionist again, and she said it was for the manager’s use, not for rental. At this moment, a young Chinese couple arrived to pick up a car. I had doubts and continued to communicate with Zuzuche. Soon after, I surprisingly saw the couple drive away in the so-called manager's car! I was furious and confronted the receptionist, who responded indifferently that it wasn’t her responsibility.

Waited approx 40 mins for airport collection. After that, everything was fine. When I arrived early for drop-off, the van was about to leave so that whole process was super quick!

Picking up was a total mess, there were only 6 groups but took over 1 hour to process all of their paperwork. Overall the price was good but the car was a 2008 model with dents and scratched paint. We were worried it would break down driving through the mountains.

A very minor scratch occurred, but the fee is the liability amount of 2562 NZD

Good and fast service

Easy to book, would do it again

While we pick up the car, I found the wind screen was chipped by a little stone, and took a picture for record. I said to the counter, and the lady told me it is safe to drive. Unfortunately, the wind screen started to crack from the chipped point during the trip. The problem made me feel unsafe while I am driving, however, I drove far away from the pick up city, so it is impossible to change another car. I suggest Hitch to fix the wind screen damage before renting out a car.

The car side mirrors electrics didn’t work, there was damage to one of the side mirrors that wasn’t noted on the condition report which made us feel it could have been our damage however original photos had the damage there. Missing car Aerial so couldn’t reach radio stations, everything else was great

Car pretty battered and bruised and had 160,000km on the clock and had not been cleaned inside properly, there was a sticky mess in the central console that got all over my partners phone. The cigarette lighter and usb didn’t work so couldn’t charge phone needed for sat nav. Brakes on the metal thus making a noise that should have been picked up and potentially dangerous.

My overall experience was good, but sadly I was told by staff to pay around 12 bucks for something like location fees. In the confirmation e-mail by easyrentcars.com I had been told before that no additional money was due at pick-up.

Car didn’t meet any expectations. It was very old, did not even have USB port, Interiors were worn off and dirty. Car was making noise all the time, steering wheel was hard to control (no power steering Despite being automatic). Car pickup was not great and it consumed lot of fuel. Overall a very very bad experience.

The excess showed as being an excessively high cost of $1700 which we were already amazed at how it could be that, yet when we picked up the car they said it was a $2,000 excess. The cost of paying for upgrading insurance to cover the excess almost cost as much as renting the car. I think the price of airport pickup transfers should be shown/included in the initial rental cost.

Easy to deal with and good value

Easiest booking process I have ever received for a car rental. Staff were very efficient and the vehicle was better than expected. The booking out was equally as good. Only issues were a couple of accessories not performing properly.

The first car , that had an issue was changed immediately without any fuss. Late arrival was also easily accommodated.

Helpful service when I had questions about a delay in Shanghai. The operator went out of their way to help me and allay my worries.

The staff at Hitch were very efficient and helpful.For $24 per day the vehicles were brilliant.

I hired the car based on "Model Gauranteed". The Prius in the picture was completely different to the car we received. Ours was an old model with a bumper falling off and marks all over it. My struggle is, we get charged a $2000 excess on crash damage. With the marks on the car why were they not repaired using the excess people would have had to pay for the damage. Why does the car still appear in poor condition?

all good